CVE-2026-97023CWE-61

CVE-2026-97023

High · published September 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A path traversal vulnerability in Flatpak's handling of the export/bin directory during app deployment allows a malicious Flatpak app to cause deletion of attacker-chosen files outside the deployment directory when the app is installed or upgraded. In system-wide installations, the deletion is performed as root.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00282 · 19.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-61 · UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Published
2026-09-28T23:16Z
References (2)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97023 · [email protected]https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-5p67-xh8x-rq54 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 SEP 03:29Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 28 SEP 18:53Z
    Flatpak: flatpak: arbitrary file deletion in root context via path traversal in deploy directory export/bin
    cvelistv5